You’ve been there. A passionate nonprofit leader sits across from you, sharing their compelling mission. They’re changing lives, serving the community, doing Kingdom work. Then comes the ask: “Will you join our board?” or “Can you help fund our budget shortfall?”
Your heart says yes. Your business instincts say, “This organization isn’t ready for my investment.”
As a Christian business leader, you face this tension constantly. You want to support Kingdom work, but too many nonprofits lack the organizational capacity to steward resources well. Passionate founders often lack business acumen. Boards function ineffectively. Fundraising feels desperate rather than strategic. The result? Donors become ATMs, board service becomes frustrating, and ministry potential goes unrealized.
There’s a better way.
The Problem: Great Mission, Weak Infrastructure
Since 1999, Mission Increase has reached over 10,000 Christian nonprofits, and the pattern is consistent: ministry leaders excel at their calling but struggle with organizational management. They know how to serve foster children, reach youth, feed the hungry, or share the gospel—but they don’t know how to build sustainable funding models, develop effective boards, or create strategic plans.
You’ve seen this firsthand. The nonprofit leader who can’t articulate clear metrics. The board meeting that lacks strategic focus. The organization perpetually in crisis mode, lurching from one funding gap to the next. The passionate executive who treats fundraising like begging rather than inviting partners into transformational work.
These aren’t character flaws—they’re capacity gaps. And they cost the Kingdom dearly.
The Solution: Strategic Capacity Building
Mission Increase transforms well-intentioned nonprofits into well-run ministries through comprehensive capacity building delivered at no cost to the organizations they serve:
Teaching: Workshops, webinars, and online learning courses provide biblically-based training in major gifts, board development, strategic planning, donor acquisition, organizational leadership and more. These aren’t theoretical exercises—they’re practical frameworks that leaders implement immediately.
Coaching: Experienced Area Directors provide individual and group coaching, helping leaders apply best practices to their unique ministry context. It’s like giving every nonprofit access to a consultant they could never afford.
Community: Mission Increase builds networks of nonprofits serving similar causes, fostering collaboration and eliminating the isolation many ministry leaders experience.
The results are remarkable—and measurable.
Real Transformation: The Business Case
Consider IndyCar Ministry. When Jason Holt became Executive Director in 2023, their entire fundraising strategy was “send an email asking for money.” They had seven monthly donors and no systematic approach to development.
After working with Mission Increase, IndyCar Ministry grew to 56 monthly partners—an 800% increase. But here’s what matters more: they now operate strategically rather than desperately. They’ve built a sustainable funding model. They understand how to cultivate long-term champions, not just one-time givers.
Or take Satellite Gaming, which reaches youth through video games. In just two years with Mission Increase:
- Annual budget grew from $60,000 to $420,000
- Staff expanded from zero to six employees
- Board strengthened from 8 to 20+ members (adding an Advisory Board)
- Service locations tripled, more than doubling people reached
These aren’t anomalies. Mission Increase has helped generate over $3 billion in additional Kingdom capital since 1999. The average community-level ROI is 10:1, and nationally it can reach 30:1.
What This Means for You
As a business leader regularly approached by nonprofits, Mission Increase gives you a powerful response to capacity concerns:
When asked to donate: Instead of wondering if the organization can steward your gift well, you can confidently say, “I’d love to support you. First, have you connected with Mission Increase? They provide training that will multiply the impact of every dollar you raise—including mine.”
When asked to join a board: Before committing hundreds of hours to an organizationally weak nonprofit, you can make your service conditional: “I’ll join your board if you commit to Mission Increase’s training program. Let’s build the organizational foundation that will make my service—and your mission—truly effective.”
When you see potential: You know which nonprofits in your community have great missions but weak infrastructure. Mission Increase gives you a solution to recommend rather than just declining to help.
The Champion Development Difference
Mission Increase teaches nonprofits “Champion Development,” a biblical framework that transforms transactional fundraising into discipleship. Instead of treating donors as funding sources, nonprofits learn to invite people into transformational engagement through praying, giving, serving, learning, and sharing.
This approach resonates with business leaders because it builds sustainable partnerships rather than perpetual dependency. It creates the kind of donor relationships you actually want to be part of—strategic, relational, and Kingdom-focused.
“As a Kingdom investor, my daily world is focused on directing resources earned in the marketplace into helping ministries grow. Mission Increase fills the enormous needs that every ministry leader struggles with – how to understand a biblical, systematic yet highly relational approach to attracting champions to their cause. I immediately recognized the power of this collaboration. Mi provides training at no cost to the ministry leaders, while Kingdom investors like us go upstream to maximize the impact downstream. It’s a beautiful model.” Andy Weigel, President, Realty Trust Group”
Your Next Step
You don’t need to write a check to Mission Increase to leverage their impact (though they welcome donor partners who multiply their reach). Your most immediate opportunity is simpler: connect the nonprofits you care about with Mission Increase.
When that next nonprofit leader asks for your support, give them something more valuable than money alone—give them access to training that will multiply every dollar they raise and every hour their board invests.
Contact Scott Scharpen, Chief Strategy Officer, at sscharpen@missionincrease.org. Tell him about the Christian nonprofits in your sphere that could benefit from Mission Increase’s training and coaching. Help transform well-intentioned ministries into well-run organizations—so your giving and service multiply Kingdom impact rather than just maintaining the status quo.
